Teenage Suicide

Duration: 16

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Interviews teenagers who have attempted suicide, parents of victims, and specialists in the field to address concerns about the rising teenage suicide rate. Examines the relation of school pressures, drugs, depression, and feelings that no one cares or understands to this growing problem. Gives information on statistics and discusses suicide prevention methods and the network of Suicide Prevention Centers across the country., Examines the reasons for the increasing number of teenage suicides through interviews with emotionally disturbed youths who have attempted suicide, their parents and professional authorities.

Complete Record: Interviews teenagers who have attempted suicide, parents of victims, and specialists in the field to address concerns about the rising teenage suicide rate. Examines the relation of school pressures, drugs, depression, and feelings that no one cares or understands to this growing problem. Gives information on statistics and discusses suicide prevention methods and the network of Suicide Prevention Centers across the country., Examines the reasons for the increasing number of teenage suicides through interviews with emotionally disturbed youths who have attempted suicide, their parents and professional authorities. Takes a look at the network of over 200 Suicide Prevention Centers across the country. , , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.